wish they would play albert more Thomas brings nothing to this squad
Thomas is there to break down any play from their back, rather as Ball or Field does in DCM. Weirdly nobody has mentioned Wallace playing in the old-fashioned Inside Left role, and the fact he was better at that than marking or tackling ball-players when defending!
I thought that Wallace was our best player after Dickie and Dieng. Honourable mentions to Ball and Willock.
Hull were carbon copies of us early last season; plenty of possession and decent football but lacking a cutting edge and susceptible to 'wiser' teams. Now we look like the wiser team. Our game management is much improved.
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Thomas does bring a lot of energy and he covers a lot of ground. I don't mind him coming on.
I actually though Warburton should have made his last 2 changes 10 minutes earlier. He keeps moaning about the workload of the players.
After his very poor showing against Orient in midweek I don't think we'll be seeing much of Adomah at all.
Yes I was surprised he left his subs so late northwesthoop , especially as the tackles were getting a little 'juicy'.... It seems he starts thinking about giving players a break (coming on and coming off) but always forgets the run of play will delay any such move! In regard to the subs, whilst Thomas went about his business up front I was really impressed at Dozzell's confidence and linking play (not sure though why Bettache was not on the bench as Chair's understudy).
Last Edit: Aug 14, 2021 16:35:12 GMT by kingfisher
I didnt watch the game today because I was out fishing but interested to see that the Hull side included Matt Ingram and Matt Smith.
I'm going to watch the full match later but knowing we won 3 - 0 will calm the nerves. Driving home from my day on the bank and listening to the BBC report it seemed we were a little lucky. The suggestion was we were outplayed in the first half and if it hadnt been for the sending off and the goal line clearances from Odubajo and Dickie we should have lost.
I didnt watch the game today because I was out fishing but interested to see that the Hull side included Matt Ingram and Matt Smith.
I'm going to watch the full match later but knowing we won 3 - 0 will calm the nerves. Driving home from my day on the bank and listening to the BBC report it seemed we were a little lucky. The suggestion was we were outplayed in the first half and if it hadnt been for the sending off and the goal line clearances from Odubajo and Dickie we should have lost.
Hopefully you caught a few stoatey? I would not describe our goals as lucky, but might well do so in terms of it being lucky was clear-headed and quick enough to prevent a certain goal. The two goals from set pieces were really clever and (amazingly) transferred from the training ground well. The third goal was also not lucky as Dickie just kept going and risked being out of position to be inside the penalty area and score. In my opinion we were also not outclassed in the first half, although I would say Hull's dominance at the beginning of the second half was worrying until we weathered it! Losing a player put paid to their ambitions, but we were already two goals up at that point. Having said all that, I was impressed by Hull and think they may do enough to stay up. Rosco Bosco is right to suggest Hull are at the stage we were last season in terms of their ability to play out, but QPR (minus the show-boating late in the second half) looked enterytaining to watch and worthy winners. Of course against a more physical side going for 'Route One' I doubt we would have looked so good.
Thomas does bring a lot of energy and he covers a lot of ground. I don't mind him coming on.
I actually though Warburton should have made his last 2 changes 10 minutes earlier. He keeps moaning about the workload of the players.
After his very poor showing against Orient in midweek I don't think we'll be seeing much of Adomah at all.
ok Adomahs pace against Orient was suspect but in general he had a decent game his 7 out of 10 from West London Sport suggests he didnt have a shocker
in my opinion he is a far better option than the limited George Thomas
hes still the best crosser of a ball at the club by far and ok he missed a decent chance in the first half against orient but near the end of games he still needs to be used and still has a lot to give to this club just look at his passion and the way he took that winning penalty.
hes actually pretty deadly considering the limited chances hes had since being at QPR
